Can I call the police if someone sends harassing messages?

Legal analysis: Receiving harassing text messages that affects normal life is a violation of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and the parties concerned can report the case to the public security organs. In cases of harassment or defamation of reputation, you can usually protect your rights through legal means. For harassing calls, you can record them first and then call the police. If you can set up call blocking, you can take steps to resolve it. If the other party's defamation, slander, and slander seriously damages your reputation, reduces your social influence and evaluation, or has other serious consequences, you can file a lawsuit in court with relevant recordings and other evidence materials.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, , shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan: (1) Those who write threatening letters or use other methods to threaten the personal safety of others; (2) Those who openly insult others or fabricate facts to slander others; ( 3) Fabricating facts and making false accusations to frame others in an attempt to subject others to criminal prosecution or public security penalties; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) Repeatedly sending obscene, insulting messages , threats or other information that interferes with the normal life of others; (6) Peeping, filming, eavesdropping, or spreading other people's privacy.